fan clutch

[Fuller]

Has any one ever had any experience with the “trail fix” for a fan clutch?

What I am referring to is where you take the fan clutch off the motor and drill a hole through it and place a bolt in the hole, then puting it all back together making sure that the bolt does not interfere with the pully or the radiator, In turn making it lock up?

 

[Milner]

Yep, 4 equally placed self tapping screws just around the middle diameter.

 

[Fuller]

well i just did that and it seemed to help out while it was just ideling!!!

we will put it to the heat of lil moab tomarrow, and test it out

 

[BBowski82]

Well of course it is going to help when you are idlin.....you have successfully locked the fan solid to the water pump pulley. Its like not having any clutch anymore....

 

[Fuller]

That’s what I thought. When I put in a 160 degree thermostat and it would still get hot with the ac on, and I could not hear the mechanical fan at all like I could when I first replaced the fan clutch. When I pulled the fan clutch there was a lot of oil on the clutch so that is a determining factor that it was bad any way.